From cae78a029eb38d051864403db1f0e27fdc127791 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Austin Macdonald <austin@dartmouth.edu>
Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 12:34:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Don't write empty data

---
 src/duct.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/duct.py b/src/duct.py
index bc44a45f..8d2c67ce 100755
--- a/src/duct.py
+++ b/src/duct.py
@@ -232,7 +232,8 @@ def fileno(self):
     def _tail(self):
         while not self.stop_event.is_set():
             data = self.infile.read()
-            self.buffer.write(data)
+            if data:
+                self.buffer.write(data)
             self.buffer.flush()
             # Do we really need this? TODO should be configurable
             time.sleep(0.01)